practice resurrection

All of church today was about practicing resurrection. The singular question posed to the youth during Sunday school today was “what does it mean to practice resurrection.” To which none of us had a response. Stumped.
How do we incorporate something so beyond our comprehension, something so miraculous at its heart, into our a [...]

resurrection. redemption.

A song for new life:
New Redemption Song
Lord we need a new redemption song
Lord we’ve tried
It just seems to come out wrong
Won’t you help us please
Help us just to sing along
A new redemption song
Lord we need
A new redemption day
All our worries
Keep getting in the way
Won’t you help us please
Help us find the words to pray
To bring [...]

Now that that’s over

I’m back in Waco.  That’s the good part.
Everyone has their worst-case-scenario travel story.  My worst experience is still being delayed nearly five hours in Dallas on Christmas Day trying to get to the West Coast, turning my Christmas into an all-nighter, most of which was spent in an airport staring at the closed Einstein Brother’s [...]

firsts

The last few weeks have felt somewhat like what I imagine living in a pneumatic tube feels like. Meaning just closed up and tight and going until the ride ends; and also something I’ve never done before.
The Cowtown Half-Marathon turned out to be so much fun. Who knew what a great time running [...]